Pedicularis friderici-augusti Tomm.

Pedicularis friderici-augusti Tomm.

Synonymy

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    Taxon info

    Pedicularis friderici-augusti is another “royal” species, occurring in the Balkan Peninsula as well as NE & C Italy, being named after “Majestati Friderici Augusti, Saxonum Magnanimi Regis”. In Greece it is restricted to a few limestone mountains in the NE, growing on open rocky slopes generally at 1200–1800 m. It is conspicuous by its densely woolly inflorescence and purplish pink corollas.A
    A. Dimopoulos, P., Raus, Th., Bergmeier, E., Constantinidis, Th., Iatrou, G., Kokkini, S., Strid, A. & Tzanoudakis, D. 2013: Vascular plants of Greece: An annotated checklist. 31: p. 360 [Plate 22.9]

    Distribution

    GR(NE

    Greece (North-East Greece present)

    Status

    Native / Non Range-Restricted

    Chorology

    Balkan-Italy

    Life-form

    Hemicryptophyte

    Habitat

    Temperate and submediterranean Grasslands, High mountain vegetation

    IUCN category

    Not Evaluated

    Presidential Decree 67/81

    No

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